Not long after, a slow puncture forced Russell to pit again, dropping him down the order and costing him a near-certain win. He ultimately finished ninth, scoring his first F1 points but missing out on what could have been a spectacular debut victory.

Filling in for Hamilton at Mercedes, Russel looked set for a breakthrough victory, leading much of the race. However, a pit stop error led to Mercedes fitting him with the wrong tyres, forcing an additional stop to correct the mistake.

Notably, this was the first Championship race without Lewis Hamilton since the 2006 Brazilian Grand Prix, as he tested positive for COVID-19 the week before. It was also his replacement George Russell‘s misery.

Esteban Ocon finished second, earning his first podium for Renault, while Perez’s teammate Lance Stroll took third, giving Racing Point their first and only double podium finish.

Sergio Perez claimed his first Formula One win, Racing Point’s only win as a constructor. His win also made him the first Mexican driver to win a Grand Prix since Pedro Rodriguez’s 1970 victory in Belgium.

It was the penultimate round of the 2020 season and followed the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix, which had been held on a different track configuration the previous week. It remains the first and only F1 race on this particular layout and the only running of the Sakhir Grand Prix to date.

Known for her efforts to break gender barriers in motorsport, Wolff retired from racing in 2015 and became the Team Principal of the Venturi Formula E team. She has since become the managing director of the F1 Academy, a female-only, junior-level single-seater racing championship founded by F1

She joined the Williams team in 2012 as a development driver and later took part in practice sessions, becoming the first woman in over two decades to take part in an official F1 race weekend.

Keke’s legacy in F1 continued with his son, Nico Rosberg, who made his F1 debut with Williams in 2006, the same team that powered Keke to his world title. Nico went on to win in 2016, making them the second father-son duo to win the World Drivers’ Championships, following Graham Hill and Damon Hill.

Pushing his car to the limit, he claimed pole position with an astonishing lap, setting a record speed of over 160 mph—a true all-or-nothing feat. His peers held him in high regard, not just for his courage but for the relentless spirit he displayed on the track.

Rosberg’s career, marked by audacious skill, was as memorable as his championship itself. One defining image of the “Flying Finn” is from Silverstone in 1985, where he stubbed out his trademark cigarette before climbing into his Honda turbo-powered Williams.

After joining BRM in 1971, he clinched victory at the 1971 Italian Grand Prix in a thrilling slipstream duel, winning by just 0.01 seconds with the top five drivers separated by only 0.6 seconds. This would be his only Championship Formula One podium finish.

From the ashes, Brawn GP was established in early 2009 when Ross Brawn led a management buyout of the Honda Racing team and became the first and, to date, the only constructor in F1 history to achieve a 100% championship success rate in its sole year of competition.

Honda’s exit left the future of its F1 team uncertain, sparking a scramble to find a buyer to save the team and retain its workforce, which included notable engineers and drivers like Jenson Button.

Hill and five other Embassy Hill team members were returning from a test at the Paul Ricard circuit in France with no survivors.

His passengers were team manager Ray Brimble, team driver Tony Brise, designer Andy Smallman and mechanics Terry Richards and Tony Alcock.

The Bishop of St Albans praised Hill’s legacy, saying, “In an age short of joy, he brought happiness to millions and drew admiration for excellence and character.” Hill had tragically died a week prior, piloting a plane that crash-landed in dense fog on a Hertfordshire golf course.

Jackie Stewart served as one of the pallbearers.

Tambay then raced for Team Haas before it, too, withdrew from Formula 1 at the end of 1986 along with Tambay.

Gone but never forgotten.

Despite his successes, Tambay was unexpectedly replaced by Michele Alboreto at the end of the season, when he moved to Renault in 1984, but the team struggled with development and exited the sport in 1985.